Translating tDCS into the field of obesity: Mechanism-driven approaches

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Alonso Alonso, Miguel ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitory control; Obesity; Prefrontal cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; OBESITY; PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 84884691184     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00512     Document Type: Review

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